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12/9/2008

Overload

Athica - Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens

The sixteen artists in Overload take on the contemporary quandary of information glut with ingenuity, often a compulsive-obsessive's attention to detail, and much humor. The works range in media, from traditional painting to sculpture, video, installation and more. Curated By Lizzie Zucker Saltz and Natalie Gazaway.


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Curated By Lizzie Zucker Saltz, Natalie Gazaway, Assistant Curator

The sixteen artists in Overload take on the contemporary quandary of information glut with ingenuity, often a compulsive-obsessive's attention to detail, and much humor. Their interest in the issue reflects larger societal shifts in relation to data absorption, readily apparent during this political season when one presidential candidate text messages his constituents, while the other is tagged the "Analog Candidate" by The New York Times. The works range in media, from traditional painting to sculpture, video, installation and more.

Featuring The Unread Book Project by Arthur Huang of California From the artist's statement:

The Unread Book Project was initiated about five years ago as a response to my unrelenting habit of buying books and then having the vast majority going unread for one reason or another. Do you have a stack of books in your home that has been sitting there collecting dust for months or even years? Are there books that you tell yourself that you will eventually read, but don't? Do you want to share the book as well as the story of one of those unread books?

Attention Locals (and anyone attending the opening) You may participate by bringing a book to the reception or anytime during the exhibit's run!

Participating Artists
Jon Barwick (Athens, GA), Sandra Burke (Richmond, VA), Don Byram (Watkinsville, GA), Karen O. Edmunds (New Orleans, LA), Exemplary Behavior Team: Jill Boogie, Margaret Schreiber, Scott Patten, Laura Vaughn, and organizer Cal Clements (Athens, GA), Arthur Huang - Featured Artist (Oakland, CA), Nava Lubelski (Asheville, NC), Shelly Murney (Cheney, WA), Heidi Neff (Bel Air, MD and Brooklyn, NY), Austin Parkhill (Arvada, CO), Franklynn Peterson (Madison, WI), Günter Puller (Vienna, Austria), Gautam Rao (Indianapolis, IN), Jud Turner (Eugene, Oregon), Jennifer Van Winkle (Charlottesville VA), Jacob Wenzka (Athens, GA)

Image: Arthur Huang Unread Book Project, 2007

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 13 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Athica - Athens Institute of Contemporary Art
160 Tracy Street - Athens

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